Purpose

This paper aims to present the personal narrative of an accounting academic, seeking to make sense of his transition change-response to online accounting education, through the thematic lens of the transition cycle of change.

Design/methodology/approach

The research approach falls under the umbrella term of autoethnography. An autoethnography is presented as a personal narrative that focused on a specific event in life.

Findings

The author found that gaining awareness of how resistance to change manifests itself in the early stages of transition allows us to move forward, rather than remaining “stuck in transition”. Furthermore, the author found that transition cycles can be looped; in other words, we find ourselves starting transition anew if circumstances change again. Thus, transition should not be seen as linear but cyclical.

Practical implications

This research could be useful to other accounting academics by fostering an awareness of individual change-responses during times of crisis, thereby enabling better self-management of change. For heads of accountancy academic departments, it is important to take note that change amidst crisis can sap morale and diminish work performance. The management of staff, and understanding their transition change-responses during crisis, is therefore critical to ensure that staff are navigated through change arising from crisis.

Originality/value

This paper answers the question what can we learn by understanding our transitional process of change by drawing on change theory? To this end, this paper presents and starts this conversation, through a personal narrative bringing to life the transitional change journey of an accounting academic during crisis. This study lays a foundation for further empirical and theoretical enquiry into accounting education change processes during crisis.

中文翻译：

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关于理解和驾驭转型变革的个人叙述：会计学者在 COVID-19 中的经验教训

目的

本文旨在呈现一位会计学者的个人叙述，试图通过变革转型周期的主题视角来理解他对在线会计教育的转型变革-响应。

设计/方法/方法

研究方法属于自我民族志的总称。自我民族志被呈现为一种个人叙事，专注于生活中的特定事件。

发现

作者发现，了解变革的阻力如何在转型的早期阶段表现出来，可以让我们向前迈进，而不是“陷入转型”。此外，作者发现过渡周期是可以循环的；换句话说，如果情况再次发生变化，我们会发现自己重新开始过渡。因此，过渡不应被视为线性而是周期性的。

实际影响

这项研究可以通过在危机时期培养对个人变化反应的意识，从而更好地自我管理变化，从而对其他会计学者有用。对于会计学系的负责人来说，重要的是要注意危机中的变化会削弱士气并降低工作绩效。因此，员工的管理以及了解他们在危机期间的过渡变化响应对于确保员工在危机引起的变化中进行导航至关重要。

原创性/价值

本文回答了通过借鉴变革理论了解变革的过渡过程，我们可以学到什么？为此，本文通过个人叙述呈现并开始了这次对话，将会计学者在危机期间的转型变革之旅带入生活。本研究为进一步实证和理论探究危机期间的会计教育变革过程奠定了基础。